Four Little Girls

Brannon's best friend from college and his family came over last weekend while they were in town. It is crazy to me that just a few short years ago the four of us with no kids were hanging out & going to the beach and such.....and now we each have two little girls in our families. And they are so close in age. Mackenzie & L are about 2 months apart, and the new little ones are about 1 month apart. And ALL girls. Such fun :) The older girls had a lot of fun playing - though they are more into parallel play than truly playing together, they did warm up and play more together right before time to leave (of course!).We took some pictures of the 4 of them before they had to leave & that was pretty funny b/c Keelyn wasn't too into it and their little one liked to pull on Mackenzie's hair!

It was great seeing them.... Too bad they (or we if you asked them!) don't live closer..... It's always great to have friends who are in the same boat as you are in this crazy world of parenting. For example, both families (unknowingly) took a trip to IKEA on Sunday. Brannon & I were lamenting the fact that Keelyn had a COMPLETE blow out diaper while we were there requiring full costume change. But that didn't seem so bad when we found out their trip to IKEA ended in vomit and a trip to the ER! (She's all better now, but sounded pretty scary!). Like I said, knowing other parents in your boat makes your struggles seem normal (or even not so bad!).....

Here's a few of our out take shots of the 4 girls:

I think Keelyn was a little scared of 4 adults trying to get them to smile! I love how the big girls are looking at her like "what's wrong with her???"

L eating a play pretzel, A pulling M's hair, M is yelling, but miraculously K chilled out due to her interest in noticing the remotes!